Good covers are hard to make without some design related education. For Indie/Self-Published writers it's not always factible toncontract a professional. In that case we can use free tools that we have at our disposition.

Good Looking Book Cover 

To find images, ilustrations, vectors, etc. We can use Pixabay. A platform that allows us to use free content even for commercial use (make sure tlnread the rules of their liscence before using them).

Where To Find The Material

Since we have no idea about how to design a cover we won't know what to do with the material we collected.Here's when Canva becomes helpful. Canva is a platform where you can find premade templates and design your image and video creations video only drag and drop.

Book Cover Templates

If you are searching this, means that you already finished your book, or you are about to finish it. You don’t have graphical design skills, but you still want your cover to look amazing. Well, I got your back. I got 2 tools for you to make amazing covers that will attract readers to buy your book.<figure><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/500/1*07Cg8t64EUwHCIAuu3f1Rw" width="692" height="461"></figure>First tool will be Pixabay.com. Pixabay is a platform where you can find images, vectors, illustrations (like in the image below) and even videos.The great of it is their license, which lets us use all content for free (it’s always appreciated and ethical to give attribution, but it’s not mandatory). You can check all the terms of the license here:Second tool will be Canva.com, it’s a platform where you can design your cover beautifully. They even have nice templates if you don’t want to start from scratch.<figure><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/500/1*0QuQI1F_KCfn5tGTutwDK" width="692" height="389"><figcaption dir="auto">Search for “book cover”</figcaption></figure>As you can see in the picture below, there’s a lot of material that you can use to create the perfect cover for your book.<figure><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/500/1*pgbg4jzzoB4Rn1EH-mXJH" width="692" height="509"><figcaption dir="auto">Elements available in Canva.com</figcaption></figure>This is the cover I made in less than 10 minutes. I used <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/tama66-1032521/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" dir="ltr">Peter's image</a>.<figure><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/500/1*gUMVCPiqrokch6lSwyrNA" width="692" height="1104"></figure>

2 tools to create a book cover without graphical design skills.

If you are searching this, means that you already finished your book, or you are about to finish it. You don’t have graphical design skills, but you still want your cover to look amazing. Well, I got…

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If you are searching this, means that you already finished your book, or you are about to finish it. You don’t have graphical design skills, but you still want your cover to look amazing. Well, I got your back. I got 2 tools for you to make amazing covers that will attract readers to buy your book.

First tool will be Pixabay.com. Pixabay is a platform where you can find images, vectors, illustrations (like in the image below) and even videos.

The great of it is their license, which lets us use all content for free (it’s always appreciated and ethical to give attribution, but it’s not mandatory). You can check all the terms of the license here:

Second tool will be Canva.com, it’s a platform where you can design your cover beautifully. They even have nice templates if you don’t want to start from scratch.

As you can see in the picture below, there’s a lot of material that you can use to create the perfect cover for your book.

This is the cover I made in less than 10 minutes. I used <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/tama66-1032521/">Peter's image </a>.

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Good Looking Book Cover

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